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Oil Liz (Cleanup techniques (soaking up oil (cotton), Corexit, hair,…
Oil Liz
Cleanup techniques
Corexit
soaking up oil
cotton
hair
scooping
Uses
transportation
cars etc.
generating electricity
heating
residential and commerical
Air pollution concerns
oil cleanup workers effected by air pollution
black colored urine from inhaling oil
irritating to eyes nose throat
BP didn't care for workers and just wanted to look good for the public
misleading commercials
oil droplets got into atmosphere during cleanup
messed with rainfall resulting in some injury for people near
chemicals in oil made it easier for the oil to get in the air
harmful aerosols
Corexit
Effects in Gulf of Mexico seafood industry
No business because too risky to eat
Seafood from Asia skyrockteted
90% of seafood in stores coming from Asia
no money
Corexit
harmful dispersant used to cleanup oil
oil cleanup workers experienced harmful side effects from Corexit
vomiting
difficulty breathing
rashes
irritation
fainting
Exxon Valdez
oil tanker
hit a reef off the coast of alaska in 1989
more than 10 million gallons of oil spilled
killed more wildlife than any other environmental disaster
300 harbor seals
2,800 sea otters
250 bald eagles
250,000 seabirds
22 killer whales
Deepwater Horizon
April 2010
largest oil spill in history caused by BP
11 killed 17 injured
Years to clean up
Gulf of Mexico
explosion